Playing drums can be rough on drumsticks. Banging rimshots and hitting at the wrong angle adds to normal wear. When this happens, drummers are stuck playing with slippery or splintered…
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Lacing a football boot is a crucial part of preparing for play. Without careful lacing, a boot can come off in the course of play, which is both a tactical…
Breaking strings is one of the most frustrating aspects of playing guitar. A broken string can bring a great gig to a grinding halt, ruin an otherwise productive practice period…
Fixing and repairing a football is a good skill to have as there’s nothing as irritating as getting ready to play football, only to find out that your ball is…
Setting up a tent properly can be the difference between a good nights sleep under the stars and waking up with aches and pains or even worse waking up with…
Dead keys are quite common for electronic keyboards, especially analog synthesisers, to occasionally develop keys that do not produce sound. They are mainly due to dirt and other debris disrupting the…
Fix an accordion keyboard with this easy to follow ‘how to’ guide. As much fun as accordions are, they can be quite intimidating to take apart, clean, or fix. There are…
Replace a broken guitar string simply with this Letsfixit guide.
A color wheel is a circular graph used to visually demonstrate the relationships among colors. According to Sarah Lowengard in “The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe,” Isaac Newton is…
Practicing guitar, regardless of what type of instrument or what style of music you play, means you need to follow some general rules.